Bifidobacterium breve (JCM 7017)

Name: Bifidobacterium breve (JCM 7017)
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BacDive ID 165454

Type strain

Culture col. no. JCM 7017

NCBI tax ID(s) 1385939 1685

Special Collections JCM

History Y. Benno <-- T. Mitsuoka IV-17 (30019 N32-701).

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Bifidobacterium breve JCM 7017 is a bacterium that was isolated from Human feces.

genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 64956

JCM 7017

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:40:06

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Bifidobacteriales

Family Bifidobacteriaceae

Genus Bifidobacterium

Species Bifidobacterium breve

Full scientific name Bifidobacterium breve Reuter 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Bifidobacterium breve** (35)	Type strain
1695	B. breve S1, DSM 20213, ATCC 15700, NCTC 11815, JCM ... (type strain)
1696	B. breve S50 (Variant a), S50, DSM 20091, ATCC 15698, ...
134790	B. breve 17c, CIP 64.68, ATCC 15699, CCUG 45221
137497	B. breve S46, CIP 64.70, ATCC 15701, JCM 7016, BCRC ...
138672	B. breve 755-84, CIP 101158
141735	B. breve CCUG 5862, NCTC 10471
143052	B. breve CCUG 16568
143053	B. breve CCUG 16569
144929	B. breve CCUG 27171 A
146282	B. breve CCUG 30785
146947	B. breve CCUG 32526 B
147417	B. breve CCUG 33558
147864	B. breve CCUG 34405
148335	B. breve CCUG 35244
148336	B. breve CCUG 35245
150885	B. breve CCUG 42620
150897	B. breve CCUG 42657
151165	B. breve CCUG 43395 A
151166	B. breve CCUG 43395 B
151681	B. breve CCUG 44623
152514	B. breve CCUG 46983
152771	B. breve CCUG 47591
152812	B. breve CCUG 47672
152865	B. breve CCUG 47820
152875	B. breve CCUG 47844
153826	B. breve CCUG 51291
154347	B. breve CCUG 53196
154385	B. breve CCUG 53338
154927	B. breve CCUG 55738
154963	B. breve CCUG 55883
155699	B. breve CCUG 59045
155780	B. breve CCUG 59290
165455	B. breve JCM 7019
165456	B. breve JCM 7020
176408	B. breve HUN447, RP2, DSM 118819

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Motility	Confidence
125438		90

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
67770	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		97.1

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

67770

Sample typeHuman feces

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM56897v1 assembly for Bifidobacterium breve JCM 7017	complete	GCA_000568975	1385939.3	2565956584	1385939	98.97

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
124043	Bifidobacterium breve gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 7017.	AB116291	480	1685
124043	Bifidobacterium breve gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 7017.	AB507087	664	1685
124043	Bifidobacterium breve strain JCM 7017 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	AF491835	1454	1685
124043	Bifidobacterium breve JCM 7017 gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence.	LC638735	1466	1685

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Bifidobacterium breve JCM 7017
NCBI: GCA_000568975

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	97.10	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	53.50	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	59.00	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	78.30	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Bifidobacterium breve JCM 7017 JCM 7017
NCBI: GCA_000568975.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	87.92	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	83.49	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	92.05	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	89.27	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	91.99	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	90.00	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Genomic characterization and probiotic assessment of Bifidobacterium breve JKL2022 with strain-specific CLA-converting properties.	Elnar AG, Eum B, Kim GB.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-025-98770-x	2025
	Bifidobacterium breve PRL2020: Antibiotic-Resistant Profile and Genomic Detection of Antibiotic Resistance Determinants.	Di Pierro F, Campedelli I, De Marta P, Fracchetti F, Del Casale A, Cavecchia I, Matera M, Cazzaniga M, Bertuccioli A, Guasti L, Zerbinati N.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms11071649	2023
Genetics	Genomic and ecological approaches to identify the Bifidobacterium breve prototype of the healthy human gut microbiota.	Argentini C, Lugli GA, Tarracchini C, Fontana F, Mancabelli L, Viappiani A, Anzalone R, Angelini L, Alessandri G, Longhi G, Bianchi MG, Taurino G, Bussolati O, Milani C, van Sinderen D, Turroni F, Ventura M.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2024.1349391	2024
Genetics	Broad Purpose Vector for Site-Directed Insertional Mutagenesis in Bifidobacterium breve.	Hoedt EC, Bottacini F, Cash N, Bongers RS, van Limpt K, Ben Amor K, Knol J, MacSharry J, van Sinderen D.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2021.636822	2021
	Bifidobacterial biofilm formation is a multifactorial adaptive phenomenon in response to bile exposure.	Kelly SM, Lanigan N, O'Neill IJ, Bottacini F, Lugli GA, Viappiani A, Turroni F, Ventura M, van Sinderen D.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-020-68179-9	2020
	Maximum depth sequencing reveals an ON/OFF replication slippage switch and apparent in vivo selection for bifidobacterial pilus expression.	Penno C, Motherway MO, Fu Y, Sharma V, Crispie F, Cotter PD, Houeix B, Joshi L, Bottacini F, O'Dwyer A, Loughran G, Atkins JF, van Sinderen D.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-022-13668-2	2022
	Intravital imaging of translocated bacteria via fluorogenic labeling of gut microbiota in situ.	Fan X, Zhou Y, Bai W, Li X, Lin L, Lin H, Yang M, Yu X, Wang J, Lin L, Wang W.	Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A	10.1073/pnas.2415845122	2025
Genetics	Comparative genomics of the Bifidobacterium breve taxon.	Bottacini F, O'Connell Motherway M, Kuczynski J, O'Connell KJ, Serafini F, Duranti S, Milani C, Turroni F, Lugli GA, Zomer A, Zhurina D, Riedel C, Ventura M, van Sinderen D.	BMC Genomics	10.1186/1471-2164-15-170	2014
	Biochemical analysis of cross-feeding behaviour between two common gut commensals when cultivated on plant-derived arabinogalactan.	Munoz J, James K, Bottacini F, Van Sinderen D.	Microb Biotechnol	10.1111/1751-7915.13577	2020
	Cross-feeding interactions between human gut commensals belonging to the Bacteroides and Bifidobacterium genera when grown on dietary glycans.	Fernandez-Julia P, Commane DM, van Sinderen D, Munoz-Munoz J.	Microbiome Res Rep	10.20517/mrr.2021.05	2022
Metabolism	Identification and characterization of an oleate hydratase-encoding gene from Bifidobacterium breve.	O'Connell KJ, Motherway MO, Hennessey AA, Brodhun F, Ross RP, Feussner I, Stanton C, Fitzgerald GF, van Sinderen D.	Bioengineered	10.4161/bioe.24159	2013
Enzymology	Bifidobacteria isolated from vaginal and gut microbiomes are indistinguishable by comparative genomics.	Freitas AC, Hill JE.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0196290	2018
Genetics	Viability and Composition Validation of Commercial Probiotic Products by Selective Culturing Combined with Next-Generation Sequencing.	Ullah M, Raza A, Ye L, Yu Z.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms7070188	2019
	A postbiotic consisting of heat-treated lactobacilli has a bifidogenic effect in pure culture and in human fermented faecal communities.	Warda AK, Clooney AG, Ryan F, de Almeida Bettio PH, Di Benedetto G, Ross RP, Hill C.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02459-20	2021
Genetics	Identification of conserved genomic signatures specific to Bifidobacterium species colonising the human gut.	Arjun OK, Prakash T.	3 Biotech	10.1007/s13205-023-03492-4	2023
	Characterization and induction of prophages in human gut-associated Bifidobacterium hosts.	Mavrich TN, Casey E, Oliveira J, Bottacini F, James K, Franz CMAP, Lugli GA, Neve H, Ventura M, Hatfull GF, Mahony J, van Sinderen D.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-018-31181-3	2018
	Identification of iron-regulated genes of Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 as a basis for controlled gene expression.	Cronin M, Zomer A, Fitzgerald GF, van Sinderen D.	Bioeng Bugs	10.4161/bbug.18985	2012
	Characterization of GH2 and GH42 beta-galactosidases derived from bifidobacterial infant isolates.	Ambrogi V, Bottacini F, O'Sullivan J, O'Connell Motherway M, Linqiu C, Schoemaker B, Schoterman M, van Sinderen D.	AMB Express	10.1186/s13568-019-0735-3	2019
Metabolism	Metabolism of four alpha-glycosidic linkage-containing oligosaccharides by Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003.	O'Connell KJ, O'Connell Motherway M, O'Callaghan J, Fitzgerald GF, Ross RP, Ventura M, Stanton C, van Sinderen D.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.01775-13	2013
Metabolism	Diversity, ecology and intestinal function of bifidobacteria.	Bottacini F, Ventura M, van Sinderen D, O'Connell Motherway M.	Microb Cell Fact	10.1186/1475-2859-13-s1-s4	2014
Genetics	Comparative Analyses of the Transport Proteins Encoded within the Genomes of nine Bifidobacterium Species.	Zafar H, Saier MH.	Microb Physiol	10.1159/000518954	2022
Metabolism	Metabolism of a plant derived galactose-containing polysaccharide by Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003.	O'Connell Motherway M, Fitzgerald GF, van Sinderen D.	Microb Biotechnol	10.1111/j.1751-7915.2010.00218.x	2011
Pathogenicity	Mechanism of growth inhibition by free bile acids in lactobacilli and bifidobacteria.	Kurdi P, Kawanishi K, Mizutani K, Yokota A.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.188.5.1979-1986.2006	2006
Enzymology	Prophage-like elements in bifidobacteria: insights from genomics, transcription, integration, distribution, and phylogenetic analysis.	Ventura M, Lee JH, Canchaya C, Zink R, Leahy S, Moreno-Munoz JA, O'Connell-Motherway M, Higgins D, Fitzgerald GF, O'Sullivan DJ, van Sinderen D.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.71.12.8692-8705.2005	2005
	Bifidobacterium breve Exopolysaccharide Blocks Dendritic Cell Maturation and Activation of CD4(+) T Cells.	Hickey A, Stamou P, Udayan S, Ramon-Vazquez A, Esteban-Torres M, Bottacini F, Woznicki JA, Hughes O, Melgar S, Ventura M, Van Sinderen D, Rossini V, Nally K	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2021.653587	2021
	Molecular analysis of the replication functions of the bifidobacterial conjugative megaplasmid pMP7017.	Dineen RL, Penno C, Kelleher P, Bourin MJB, O'Connell-Motherway M, van Sinderen D	Microb Biotechnol	10.1111/1751-7915.13810	2021
Phylogeny	Extraction of the same novel homoglycan mixture from two different strains of Bifidobacterium animalis and three strains of Bifidobacterium breve.	Alhudhud M, Sadiq S, Ngo HN, Hidalgo-Cantabrana C, Ruas-Madiedo P, van Sinderen D, Humphreys PN, Laws AP	Benef Microbes	10.3920/BM2017.0145	2018
Genetics	Discovery of a conjugative megaplasmid in Bifidobacterium breve.	Bottacini F, O'Connell Motherway M, Casey E, McDonnell B, Mahony J, Ventura M, van Sinderen D	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/AEM.02871-14	2014
Metabolism	Overcoming the restriction barrier to plasmid transformation and targeted mutagenesis in Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003.	O'Connell Motherway M, O'Driscoll J, Fitzgerald GF, Van Sinderen D	Microb Biotechnol	10.1111/j.1751-7915.2008.00071.x	2008
Pathogenicity	Yoghurt fermented by Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus H+ -ATPase-defective mutants exhibits enhanced viability of Bifidobacterium breve during storage.	Ongol MP, Sawatari Y, Ebina Y, Sone T, Tanaka M, Tomita F, Yokota A, Asano K	Int J Food Microbiol	10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2007.02.019	2007

References

#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Bifidobacterium breve (JCM 7017)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_000568975

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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